312 APPEMMX. C. 



Or, if you use lemon syru|), whicli i,s far more convenient 

 to carry, half a tumbler tlieiioi' to the aliove proportions. 



In cold weather, a very jialatalile hot drink may he made of 

 common draft ale, or hotllcd poiter, by simmering it slowly, 

 with a few table-spoonsfuls of sugar, one of ginger, and a nut- 

 meg grated to every quart of malt li(]uor, and two wine-glasses 

 of spirit — giu is the best — to every quart. 



This will neutralize the ascidity of the malt liquor, even if it 

 is a little stale and even acid. 



To this end, and for all reasonable wants in the way of cook- 

 ery, I say, carry with you a few pounds of black ti'a, a few- 

 bottles of lemon-syrup, one or two do. of Harvey sauce, pow- 

 dered ginger, a few nutmegs, some Cayenne pepper, some 

 cloves; and, if you are wise, add thereunto a few pounds of 

 lice, and the same of pearl-liarley, and a Hask or two (if s;dad- 

 oil. 



AVith these, if you can peisuade your country hostess, instead 

 ofliroiling the five minutes ago slaughtered cock on which you 

 are destined to dine, to skin it, quarter it, and stew it for at 

 least three hours, with a bit of salt pork, an onion or two, ad 

 libitum, and a few handfuUs of rice or barley, which last should 

 only be boiled one hour, you will feed like a prince, instead of 

 breaking all your teeth, and dying afterward of indigestion. 



The same receipt for mutton, lamb, or veal, will be found in- 

 valuable to a campaigner — for meat in the country is, nine times 

 out often, tough. 



As broiled cock is, however, the stand-by — and if you are tra- 

 velling with your own horses, and arrive late at night, nine 

 times out of ten, all that you can get, without waiting longer 

 than is agreeable — it is an excellent plan to carry a pair of ten- 

 der chickens with you from home, ready cleaned and prepared 

 for cooking. 



These, when your cocks are killed at night, and ready for 

 consignment to the gridiron, you prevail on your hostess to 

 substitute, at the last moment ; and carry hers forward, to servo 

 the same purpose on the following day. This, with a little tact, 



